Danae, Zeus and the shower of world art gold
Almost every conversation about the arts reverts to, or starts with talk of money.
Banknotes are funny pictures used to proove that we live in a major consumer culture.
Almost every conversation about the arts reverts to, or starts with talk of money.
Banknotes are funny pictures used to proove that we live in a major consumer culture.
Does that mean my drawing is a crime? We are back in the bind of instrumentality : that something is worth paying for only it provides a measurable result. Money overcame the limitations of visual perception.
John Tusa
Is making art objects regressive? Fine art marketing : selling critical images of radicalism to conservative art buyers is the daily business of contemporary art. The Veblen effect is named after the non-artist Thorstein Veblen, who first pointed out the concepts of being overrated but succesful. Most artworks will disappear in art history with out any trace.
Samuel Butler, More money than artistic insight; Money is somewhat abstract. At least a piece of art is a tangible status-seeking consumption.
Because we live in a consumer society where marketing is a daily pressure, it is possible to be ironic about the cult of original painting.
"Nearly all emanate from one stratum of the art world: the one where the money is", Source
Pictures dream not about making waves but making money.